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prawn on Nov 28, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking e...

I disabled autoupdates on everything after a smart TV whose dashboard I'd laid out to suit me, auto-updated and insisted on dashboard apps that I never wanted and couldn't delete or hide. Got an Apple TV and have not touched the smart TV features since.

sowbug on Nov 29, 2019 [–]

Sounds like Vizio. Five years now and I still re-delete the Yahoo Finance app every couple months.

jerrysievert on Nov 29, 2019 | [–]

I once connected my vizio tv to the wifi. ended up having to change the wifi password, since there was no way to forget the network on the vizio.

haven't had an update since, and not upset about that.

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